Teahouse.

Two foreigners are communicating in French.

When Tang Li, Ye Si, and the others arrived, the foreigner saw her but deliberately ignored her.

They even spoke in French in a very flippant manner right in front of Tang Li:

"It's hard to imagine that Huo would fall for such a country bumpkin."

"I was surfing the internet and came across a scandal about her. She allegedly crashed a wedding, but the child she was carrying wasn't Huo's."

"Oh my God, what's going on?"

"She was raped by a rapist, and she is pregnant with his bastard child."

"I feel sorry for Huo. She looks so ordinary, yet she is so flirtatious."

"Maybe she's quite promiscuous in private, otherwise why would that rapist have fallen for her? A man who can get Huo must be incredibly skilled in bed."

The two guys, with lewd smiles and flirtatious eyes, were exchanging words back and forth.

Seeing the bewildered expressions on the faces of those around her, Ye Si chuckled inwardly, but outwardly gave Tang Li ample face by proactively greeting the client:

"Hi, Kaiwei, Gray, our president's wife would like to discuss a collaboration with you two."

Ye Si's fluent French was the envy of many.

After saying that, she pulled out Tang Li's chair and said in Chinese:

"Please have a seat, Madam."

Tang Li sat down in front of Kaiwei and Gray.

Kaiwei had been staring at Tang Li with ill intent. He asked Tang Li in Chinese, "Does Mrs. Huo speak French?"

This question was merely intended to embarrass Tang Li.

After all, he had just discussed Tang Li's rights and wrongs in French, but Tang Li did not react at all.

Therefore, it can be concluded that Ye Si did not lie to her.

This woman, whom he considered to be of ordinary appearance but very charming, did not understand French.

Tang Li smiled calmly:

"We have an old saying here, 'When in Rome, do as the Romans do.' Since you two have come to our territory, you should speak our local language."

Gray expressed his difficulty:

"Otherwise, we should ask Huo to come and talk to us in person. Our cooperation involves many professional terms, and our Chinese proficiency is not enough to support us in making a complete statement."

Discussing cooperation when there is a language barrier makes it easy for others to take advantage of the situation.

This is a major taboo.

Tang Li gestured for Ye Si to sit down and said to the others, "You all go back to the company first."

Then she smiled and said:

"It's alright. With Manager Ye as the translator, I'm confident we can reach an agreement."

Gray was about to say something when Kevy kicked him under the table.

Tang Li noticed this subtle action.

But she remained calm and observed the situation.

When it came to formally discussing cooperation, Kaiwei immediately pulled out all the stops, speaking to Ye Si in French:

"Huo was very rude and unreasonable to me today. If it weren't for Wendy, we wouldn't be sitting here talking about cooperation with a country bumpkin. So, I want to increase the profit margin of the cooperation by ten percent."

That's outrageous!

He meant adding ten points.

Instead of increasing it to ten points.

Tang Li smiled at Ye Si, who was stunned for a few seconds before laughing:

"Madam, Mr. Kaiwei means that he is honored to sit down face-to-face with Mrs. Huo to discuss cooperation. However, regarding the profit margin of the cooperation, he still insists on his previous point of view: an increase of ten percent. What does Madam think?"

Ye Si assumed she didn't understand sales techniques and strategies, so he deliberately threw difficult questions at her.

Tang Li picked up the lemon water poured by the waiter and asked with a smile:

What does Manager Ye think?

Trying to trick her? No way.

Ye Si shrugged and said, "Today, it's my wife who's discussing cooperation with two clients. She's in charge, and I'm just a translator."

It's obvious they're trying to make things difficult for you and see you embarrass yourself.

Tang Li knew nothing about the previously drafted contract; she simply held up two fingers:

"I can only handle two points."

Ye Si was overjoyed.

A profit margin of two percentage points is a world of difference.

After Ye Si translated, Tang Li added, "Please help translate, Manager Ye. Our Huo Group can only offer a maximum profit margin of two percent to the two of you in our cooperation."

These words confused Ye Si.

"Does Madam mean that we can only add two points?"

Tang Li smiled slightly:

"Has Manager Ye been in France for too long and can't understand Chinese anymore?"

But they had already discussed five points.

Instead of increasing, it decreased by three points.

Without Ye Si needing to translate, Kaiwei was already furious. He stood up, pointed at Tang Li's nose, and started cursing in French.

The insults were all about slut-shaming and the like.

Finally, he angrily said to Ye Si:

"A woman like her deserves to be raped."

Even if Ye Si had a thousand or ten thousand times the courage, she wouldn't dare translate a single word of this series of words.

She could only try her best to maneuver after Tang Li got up:

“Madam, what Kaiwei means is that he has come all this way because he sincerely wants to cooperate with the Huo family for mutual benefit. A profit margin of two percent is simply too low.”

Tang Li lowered her head and smiled faintly:

"Manager Ye, this Mr. Kaiwei seems to be very angry."

Ye Si nodded:

"Madam should also try to see things from his perspective. He feels that Madam is not sincere in discussing cooperation and that she is just going through the motions."

At this point, Gray stepped in to smooth things over, saying in Chinese:

"Five points, adding five points to the existing amount, and we can sign the contract immediately."

Tang Li smiled apologetically:

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